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VMI cadets walking to class outside of the Old Barracks. Photo courtesy of VMI Communications & Marketing
Jun 1, 2021

VMI report released; calls school ‘traditionally run by white men, for white men’

A long-awaited state report on an alleged culture of racism at Virginia Military Institute was released Tuesday afternoon, concluding that “VMI has … traditionally been run by white men, for white men,” although the state-funded military institution in Lexington has made “incremental steps towards a more diverse, inclusive VMI.” In a statement Tuesday, Virginia Gov. [[...]

Retired U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Cedric T. Wins. Photo courtesy U.S. Army.
Nov 13, 2020

Interim VMI superintendent named

As an independent investigation into allegations of racism at Virginia Military Institute moves forward, the state-supported military college announced a new interim superintendent on Friday. Following a vote by the VMI Board of Visitors’ Executive Committee, retired U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Cedric T. Wins will serve as interim superintendent at the school. A 1985 VMI […]

Oct 28, 2020

SW Va. sees COVID increase; governor urges caution

Although Virginia‘s overall COVID-19 infection rate is much lower than other states that are currently experiencing spikes, the number of new cases in Southwest Virginia has been steadily increasing over the past two weeks, Gov. Ralph Northam said Wednesday in a COVID-19 update. According to health directors in the region, the percent of positive cases […]

VMI Superintendent J.H. Binford Peay III resigned on Oct. 26.
Oct 26, 2020

VMI superintendent resigns amid racism probe

Following Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam‘s announcement of a probe into allegations of racism at Virginia Military Institute, the school’s superintendent, retired U.S. Army Gen. J.H. Binford Peay III, has resigned. In a letter dated Oct. 26, Peay said that the probe announced by Gov. Ralph Northam and other top state legislators into allegations of racism […]

Oct 20, 2020

Northam calls for VMI racism probe

Before the academic semester begins, new cadets at Virginia Military Institute must endure Hell Week, a punishing 10-day rite of passage that introduces students to the military discipline, drill and physical fitness expectations required of them. For one Black freshman in 2018, it meant a white sophomore telling him he’d “lynch” his body and use […]

Virginia Business Publisher Bernie Niemeier. Photo by Caroline Martin
Jun 19, 2020

OurView: It’s time to speak up

Whenever there is injustice, business pays the price. Can you say his name? George Floyd. The Confederate generals have taken multiple beatings in Virginia and elsewhere. Is it time for their statues to be gone? The business community needs to say “yes,” if for no other reason than because it’s good business. Virginia Business would […]

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